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alltime lead with 19 career olympic medals...another soviet gymnast, is third alltime..phelps' 15 gold medals are already an olympic record. more on this story coming up in sports. 3 meantime police have released surveillince video of the man they say kidnapped cal ripken's mother last week. week. crime and justice reporter... joy lepola... live... in... anne arundel county... to... show you ... where... the video was taken 3
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3--people... are dead ...in... calvert county .../ in... what police... call.../ a... murder- suicide...//.it... happened... in owings...// police... believe... a... 32- year- old man .../ shot... and killed his wife... and... child.../ before .. turning... the gun... on himself....//a... second child.. also... believed to be... a... family- member.../ is... being treated ...for burns ... and cuts ...//. while.. the,... investigation... continues. the search for an anne arundel county man who police say stabbed his mother ended just hours ago.21 year old james zito was arrested near the glen burnie mall.police had been searching for him since about 7-30 last night, when his mother was found stabbed in the chest at their home on stacy oak way in millersville. she was taken to the hospital and is expected to be ok. police are still trying to figure out what caused the attack.
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the supreme court could reverse a maryland case blocking police from collecting d-n-a samples from people arrested for certain crimes.chief justice john roberts previously blocked the ruling from going into effect. but yesterday, he wrote an order allowing d-n-a collection to continue... until the final decision.the court is currently taking it's summer break and will resume in october. automatic license plate readers......concern tonight from the american civil liberties union over police use of the high-tech tool. tool. keith daniels, ... here.../ with... why... the... ac---lu... believes... "tag-readers" ... could be ...an invasion ... of... privacy.. keith. /////////////////////keith////// //////// 3 ///////////////////////keith//// ////////////// jennifer.... the a-c-l-u has sent out a public records request to nearly 30 law enforcement agenices.. including balitmore city and county police. bottom line, they want to know how the cameras are being used.. and most importantly, what's happening to the data. //////////////////////vo//////// ////////////// here's how the system cameras, which are usually mounted on patrol cars, scan every license plate on passing
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or parked vehicles.. and run the numbers through police data bases. baltimore county police call the "tag-readers" a very useful law enforcement tool that can, among other things, help find stolen cars. but the a-c-l-u says the data gathered is stored indefinitely.. and could potentially be an invasion of privacy. /////////////////sot//////////// // (rocah/aclu) "and the biggest problem here is that there has been no public discussion about this technology, no public discussion about its use in this way to compiie vast data bases about our movements."(elise/balto.co. police) "it's treated the same as any other law enforcement data that we have, in that you must have a legitimate investigatory reason for accessing it. it is a password controlled system." according to the a-c-l-u, the state has more than 320 license plate readers in use... .....and for now they say, there are no rules in place governing the use of those "tag-readers.."
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keith daniels, fox 45 neww at 5. here's... our question of the day.do you think ... police use ...of... automatic... license plate readers.. is... an... invasion of privacy? go... to... fox- baltimore dot com .../ tell us... what you think.../. sound... off... thru... facebook.../. send... us... a tweet.. at foxbaltimore.../. text... your answer to ...45-203..../ enter... fox45a for yes.. / fox45b for no. don't be surprised if you see a large group of hikers, some carrying rosaries.... and over the next few days. days.the demonstrators are making their way through washington county right now.... and they are calling it a pilgrimage for religious freedom.the marchers are catholics, who oppose president obama's policy requiring private health insurance plans to provide contraception. "were walking for religious freedom, and were standing up for our faith and we want to invite our legislators our president and everyone who govern us to help have respect of religion.
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the group hopes to walk all the way to baltimore's bassilicaa in time for mass on sunday. environmentalists... call... on lawmakers ... to... address... climate change .../ after... reports... of... extreme weather... in maryland..../ 3 it's... been ...almost a year... since... tropical storm irene... devastated... parts ...of the state,... leading... to record flooding...//.now, ... "environment maryland"... released a report... showing ... that ...extreme rain ...and snow storms... are... getting more powerful .../ and... happening... 55 percent ... more frequently... /// also... after... last month's derecho... storm.../ left ...hundreds of thousands... without power...../ lawmakers... are... calling on bge... and pepco... to... be... better prepared. "iq: they aren't prepared..... oq: grossly understaffed, grossly underprepared." underprepared."
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lawmakers... are also considering ways... to... reduce carbon pollution... . and... greenhouse gas emissions. a... hole... in... the middle of monument street ... has... spanned,.... from... sidewalk to sidewa/ sidewalk.../.now, it's burning a hole in business owners' pock. pockets.paul gessler is streaming live from a nail salon in east baltimore with more on how business owners are dealing with the mess... paul. we are told it could take
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weeks before monument street is repaired.-- monument near johns hopkins remains closed between bradford and montford streets-- sidewalk is closed on both sides near this sinkhole-- only a handful of businesses are open-- nail salon needed to lay off workers since they couldn't open up this weekend. weekend. the storm drain that caused this mess is 50 feet underground... and more than 100 years old. rudolph chow, baltimore city public works: 32.08 "our water system and our sanitary sewer system are just as old. so, we do have an infrastructure crisis on our hands."nathan peterson, steve's market pawn shop: 4.02 "it's sad. a lot of businesses around here closed right now because of this sinkhole. we need people to open back up soon. if not, monument street ain't gonna be the same." same." most businesses have decided to remain closed while work resumes out their front doors. back live, though, behind aaliyah's nail salon--they remain open to loyal customers... they're just asking they come in through the back door. reporting live off monument
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street, paul gessler, fox45 news at five. everything... is back to normal tonight after.. .a... gas leak in locust point. b-g-e... fixed... the rupture... near... hull and how--bert streets.../ after a contractor ...broke the gas main...//. for... safety reasons ... the area... was evacuated yesterday... but residents... were allowed ...to return ... a.. few hours later. how are the roads looking tonig? tonight?carrie peirce has our traffic edge report. report.mapmdot- 695 bel air mmot- 695 wilkensmdotéap
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the... 20--12 ...annual report ... &p on... terrorism is release. released.there were more than 10- thousand terrorist attacks worldwide... what part al qaeda played in those... coming up later. 3 a flash mob that ends with a robbery...how the store owner is using his own form of social media to fight back. how much is your parking space worth?how a couple of guys in baltimore... are... turning that piece of concrete... into... some green. 3
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a chicago clothing store owner is using social media to fight back... after a flash mob walked in... and started stealing items. items.the owner posted this video on youtube... hoping to catch the criminals who allegedly stole 3-thousand dollars worth of designer jeans. you can see the group walking in the store in wicker park.... in a calm, coordinated fashion.the teens then search through the jeans and began stuffing them into their book bags. "they kind of knew what they wanted to take and they went for it so we weren't prepared at all obviously. they very quickly overwhelmed us" us"the owner says since opening 6 months ago... he's encountered several shoplifting incidents. house lawmakers in a charged debate -- over an abortion bill dealing with the district where they do business. business. a vote happening this evening -- dealing with abortions happening after twenty weeks of pregnancy.
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shannon bream explains why dc's non-voting delegate, is up in arms that she ácan't voteá on a bill that would restrict women's rights in her jurisdiction. house lawmakers engaged in a charged debate -- bill dealing with they do business. 3
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there's... still... one... empty seat... on... "american idol's"... judging panel.../ and... a... former ..."idol" finalist... wants the job. job. season two... finalist... , kimberly locke,... says... she'd... be able... to give advice... from a contestant's ... standpoint..///. the... job... opened
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up ... after ...steven tyler and jennifer lopez... decided... not to come back... for... another season..../ one... seat's ... already filled... / mariah carey ... was... confirmed... as... a season 12... judge... last week..../ other... names ...being mentioned ... are... nick jonas,.../ and... another ...former "idol" contestant, .../ adam lambert. 3 a suprise awakening... for people... in one new york neighborhood....//why this balloon... had to make an emergency landing. 3 -- imagine... waking up... in the
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morning ... and... seeing this... outside your window.../it... greeted people... in... middletown, new york.../as...
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a... hot air balloon... made an unusual landing... in... the middle of their street..../ one resident... says... it was so close to her house... she... could hear the flames... from the balloon ... as it passed her window. 1:04-1:18 "i first thought it was going to land on... it started to go back up... two houses... they did good, good landing." landing." the... pilot says he purposely landed... on the road... because... one... resident... waved him in...//. the... f-a-a says... in order to land... on... private property... / a... pilot... needs permission... from the owner....// ----- react to story ---- ---- cloudy skies... and rain in the area today. today.warm outside but not too bad.but those temperatures might be going up.((3 shot)) chief meteorologist vytas reid... 3
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new changes coming for women...how new legislation will affect their health care.
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i'm one of six children that my mother raised by herself, and so college was a dream when i was a kid. i didn't know how i was gonna do it, but i knew i was gonna get that opportunity one day, and that's what happened with university of phoenix. i feel like the sky's the limit with what i can do and what i can accomplish. my name is naphtali bryant and i am a phoenix. enroll in the program that's right for you at phoenix.edu/maryland summer is a time for sandals
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and flip flops.but that means your feet can be more susceptible to problems. problems.injuries like heel pain on the bottom or the back of the heel.during the
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summer.. people tend to be more active and their footwear is often... less supportive. there are four important features shoes should have to prevent problems. 37-57"one is have something around the ankle to hold the shoe in place/two have some sort of arch in the shoe if possible /three would be a thicker rubber sole to give you some shock absorption and four to have a slightly deeper heel cup to hold your heel in position." 3 experts say flip-flops are okay for lounging around.but if you're walking, you need a shoe with more support. one of the provisions of the health care act takes affect tomorrow....and some say it brings a new era for women's health care. care.starting august first -- basic preventative care will extend to women across the country.that includes breast exams, pre-natal care, h-p-v testing, contraception and domestic violence counseling.
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57-123"starting in 2014, it will be illegal for companies to deny women coverage because they're a breast cancer survivor, or they're pregnant, or a victim of domestic violence. and it will also be illegal -- finally in america -- to charge women more than men just because they're women. in other words, being a woman will no longer be a preexisting condition in this c" country." 47 million women will now be able to receive preventative services they could not get before... at no extra cost. this includes women who have private insurance plans, as well as women covered under medicare and medicaid. the... drought... may... not be good... for your wallet... / as... the price of produce ...is expected to rise../ . but... it... could be good for flavor.../. farmers ... say... they're growing some of the most flavorful produce... in years..../ part... of... the reason ...is... lack of rain...//.farmers ... say... more... water content... in produce.../
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dilutes flavor...//. home values ... continue... to be... a... concern in maryland,.../ but... one part... of your property... is... about... to become... more valuable. some... young entrepreneurs ...in baltimore... have... a... new smartphone "app"... coming out ...this week.../ that... allows homeowners ...to... rent ... their driveways... as... parking spaces... for the public...//.the... spots... can bring in... about... 20 bucks a day...///.at... public lots,... you... can even reserve ...your spot online,.../ so... you know ...it's there... for... the big event.... it's... called... "parking panda-dot com".../// the... brain-child... of a georgetown university student... who lived... in d.c..../ 5412 here i am sitting with a driveway and no car. so it just kind of went to waste. then i would come up here and go to ravens football games, and there would be all these guys standing outside with cardboard signs, and figured there's got to be a better way to do that. so... why a panda?they... thought... it was catchy... and... wanted a mascot! parking... panda ...is... now in 3 cities.../ baltimore, ...
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washington d.c.... and... san francisco. ----- react to dancing panda ----- 3 cleaning up after the big storm.b-g-e comes out with its official explaination of why it took so long. 3 --adblib weather tz-- [ male announcer ] the emotional burden of debt.
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